Leslie Martinez
Leslie lives, works, and plays in Portland and can think of nowhere else to call home. She can often be found enjoying a concert or dining at one of the city's many destinations. Leslie is always looking to make an impact and improve her community. Previously, Leslie served on the ambassador boards of local nonprofits, College Possible & Impact NW. Leslie is an inclusive and skilled facilitator and has experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve desired results.
Tia Palafox
Policy & Reform Subcommittee Co-Chair
Tia Palafox is a retired K-12 School Counselor from the Eugene School District. She worked as a detention Group-worker at Skipworth Detention Center (Lane Co. Youth Services) meeting police with the youth about to be detained to complete intake and work with the youth throughout their detention; as well as an Employment Specialist/ youth counselor for teens who dropped out of school at Looking Glass Job Center (Eugene), while working on her bachelor’s degree in Human Services at UO in the early 90’s, she knew that she had a passion working with and serving youth who were really struggling. Tia worked in non-profit agencies that were youth centered, until she returned to get her master’s degree at OSU to become a School Counselor, she was hoping to be more on the prevention side, after building so many skills in intervention. While working towards her master’s degree in School Counseling in the late 90’s, her & her spouse at the time became treatment foster parents for SCAR Jasper Mountain Center and she became a Qualified Mental Health Assistant. She volunteered for several family & youth centered non-profit organizations in Eugene over the years. Once obtaining her master’s degree, she became a School Counselor in 1998, starting off in rural Harrisburg, OR, then shortly after began working for the Eugene 4J School District. While at 4J she made a commitment to equity & inclusion and became a leader for the Minority Student Achievement Network to “close the achievement gap”; attended hours of Center for Equitable Education trainings and became a leader for Taking It Up, the second part of the CFEE training. She volunteered for Centro Latino Americano and helped educate immigrants on their rights when stopped by law enforcement. Tia became specialized in suicide intervention & prevention while working with Lane County Mental Health & Public Health, as a School Counselor. She completed the Initial Administrative program in Education at UO in 2009 and focused on alternative education. In December 2009 Tia had a massive stroke, which caused her to have a brain injury & disability. Becoming disabled didn’t stop her, she continued to stay active in her community and returned to work as soon she was released to do so. She said that she was able to have a new lens on accessibility and empathy for others with a disability. Tia retired from the 4J School District and moved to Portland in 2017. She began volunteering at Buckman Elementary School (PPS); as well as at Rahab’s Sisters, a small program that serves marginalized unhoused women, as soon as she moved here. She has been getting very involved with Portland’s unhoused community and is passionate about social & racial justice and mental health & wellness for our community members. Tia is very involved with her niece and nephew, who both attend Jefferson High School, and are the most important people in her life. She enjoys traveling, especially to Mexico.
Jorge Sanchez Bautista
Full Committee Co-Chair (Interim)
Policy & Reform Subcommittee
Jorge Sanchez Bautista is a community organizer, NE resident, and a recent graduate from McDaniel (formerly known as James Madison) High School. He currently works for Portland Parks and Recreation throughout SE and East Portland working with youth. Since becoming socially involved in 2017 at 10 years old, Jorge’s work has focused on youth involvement in government, tenant rights, gun violence, climate change, transportation justice, and more. Jorge currently sits on other city advisory bodies such as the New Portlanders Policy Commission and Cully TIF Community Leadership Committee.
Kip Silverman
Policy & Reform Subcommittee Co-Chair
I am a Technologist, an Activist, and Father to three incredible human beings.
Portland has been my home for nearly 25 years, and I have been committed to doing what I can to make it a more livable and equitable city for all.
I am passionate about community, collaboration, and inclusivity.
In my professional and personal capacities, I am known to creatively solve complex problems working to ensure that all voices are heard, especially voices that often are pushed to the margins. I have been actively working on issues of home/houselessness and food security/hunger for over a decade.
I strongly believe that transparency and accountability are intrinsic in the relationship between government entities and the public.
I hope to use my knowledge and experience to work with my fellow PCCEP members and Portland's communities to keep everyone engaged and have their voices heard.
Veva Campeau
Veva grew up in the Northwest and spent her formative high school years in downtown Portland. After some years of travel, she returned to Portland in 2009 where she has lived ever since while committing herself to serving this area. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, she has worked in community mental health, exclusively with adults experiencing severe and persistent mental illness also struggling with substance use and chronic housing instability. After increasing involvement with jails, prisons, and supervision, she ultimately transitioned to working directly within the forensic setting where she has remained since 2017. Both community and forensic work have uniquely positioned her to witness the relationship between social determinants of health and justice-involvement.
Conrad Hulen
Full Committee Co-Chair (Interim)
Policy & Reform Subcommittee
H. Conrad Hulen is originally from the Hillsdale Neighborhood and grew up with family in the Rogue Valley. Returning to Portland in 2021 he works in Senior Management at Multnomah Athletic Club in the Goose Hollow Neighborhood. With previous stops at Southern Oregon University and the University of Oregon, Conrad studies Economics at Portland State University.
Conrad serves on Multnomah County’s Community Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC) for the Department of Community Services, which includes Transportation, Animal Services, Elections, and Land Use Planning in its portfolio. Conrad also serves on the Central Community Budget Advisory Committee (CCBAC) for Multnomah County and its recommendations to the County Board of Commissioners for fiscal year 2025.
Previously he has been President of the Eugene Active 20-30 Club and served on the Eugene Active 20-30 Foundation Board of Directors. While in Eugene he had volunteered with notable non-profits, Kids First, A Family for Every Child, and Relief Nursery. In the Rose City, Conrad recommends volunteering and donations to Howard’s Heart and their wonderful work with foster teens in the community.
Gabrielle Poccia
Policy & Reform Subcommittee
Gabrielle is a committed advocate with a big heart for community, fairness, and making government work better for everyone. Originally from San Francisco and now living in Portland, she brings a cross-regional perspective to her work in public policy and community mental health. She holds a Master’s in Public Policy and has worked across public and nonprofit sectors as a policy analyst, performance auditor, and community clinic administrator. Her experience spans research, civic engagement, and organizational support, with a focus on making public systems more accessible, transparent, and responsive to the needs of marginalized communities. Gabrielle believes in the power of honest conversations, creative problem-solving, trauma-informed approaches, and policies that reflect lived experience. She is dedicated to strengthening trust between the public and local institutions.
Kaitlyn Davidson
I am union strong, a local chapter vice president, lobby at the state capitol for policy change that protects school employees and students, and support my fellow union family when I can.
I'm homegrown, born at Portland Adventist, and attended David Douglas School District. This is my soil, and I want to do everything I can to make it a peaceful, thriving, and weird place.
I believe in hearing all voices and finding the answer within them.
I'm known to my friends as "a cup of honest-tea", because I believe the boldest truth is the only way to communicate. When governmental bodies share only parts of a story, the community eventually finds out what was hidden, and trust is broken. I believe in an open, honest, accountable mindset.
I am a learner, a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and a parent of high needs children; I hope to bring yet another perspective to this committee.
I've asked to serve because it's time to make moves and Show Up for my fellow Portlanders.
Andrew Hopp
Andrew is a Portland resident with a background in economics and applied data science, holding both a BS in Economics and an MS in Applied Data Science from Portland State University. His career has centered on using data, systems thinking, and community feedback loops to improve decision-making at scale. Alongside his professional work, Andrew serves on the board of trubel&co, a national nonprofit that equips youth, nonprofits, and advocates (especially those most affected by climate and environmental harm) with the tools and skills to investigate injustice and drive community-centered solutions through data, design, and technology. His experience at the intersection of analytics, systems thinking, and public accountability shapes his approach to community safety and policing oversight.
Robin Wisner
He has been involved in a broad array of issues, areas of the community and constituencies. He has worked from Gresham to Beaverton and from Portland to the State Capitol in Salem. He has volunteered in various ways for the Portland Police Bureau, including on their Hiring Review Board, Crises Response Team, Ride Along as well as several other areas. As a minister he serves on the Albina Ministerial Alliance Board of Directors and has been involved in several ecumenical endeavors. As an activist he has been responsible for either coordinating or strategically assisting a number of significant community projects, such as: the Rosa Parks Blvd renaming, Caesar Chavez Interstate name change attempt, the march to bring together City of Portland and Northeast community for Portland Police Officer Mark Zylawy (known as Z-man), and leading intervention in incidents of youth violence in the City of Gresham with the Chief of Police and the Mayor. He currently serves as City Councilman in the City of Maywood Park and the Community Engagement Director for Trust Lab . As a charismatic, caring person for the wellbeing of humanity he has been very successful in bringing people together from all walks of life in many ways: politically, socially, spiritually, etc. He has served with all the various levels of leadership in making our city a better place and challenging every known kind of problem we face. As many have said, the city of Portland is a better place because of him.
Fariya Vasquez-Potter
Fariya Vasquez-Potter, Mexican American, has worked at Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) for 10 months. Fariya is currently the Reimagining Justice in Cully Project Coordinator at NAYA. Prior to this role, Fariya was the Community Programs Coordinator at AntFarm Youth Services in Sandy, OR. Fariya has been a Project Manager for the past 8 years in the Technology and Software as a Service field. Fariya holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and has studied forensics, anthropology, art, welding and language at various colleges in California and Oregon. Fariya has enjoyed volunteer positions at The San Diego River Parks Foundation, San Diego County Archaeological Society, and has served as the Co-Chair of the Alz is a Drag Fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
Fasika Bekele
My name is Fasika Bekele, and I'm a college student studying Public and Urban Affairs. Growing up, I witnessed how policing impacts communities of color in unequal ways and how trust has eroded — not only through individual incidents, but through ongoing patterns in policy and response. These experiences motivated me to learn more about the systems that shape public safety. Through my studies, I've examined the history of policing, the consent decree, and how policy decisions are implemented in practice. That combination of lived experience and policy understanding is what grounds my perspective.
Vanessa Perry
Dr. Vanessa M. Perry (ella, she, her) is a licensed professional counselor, educator, and health professional in training whose work bridges the fields of mental health, education, and community advocacy. Before relocating to Portland to pursue her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Vanessa served for nearly a decade as a faculty member in the Counseling M.A. Program at the University of Arizona—a Hispanic Serving and land-grant institution.
At the University of Arizona, Vanessa taught graduate courses in counseling, multicultural competence, career development, and substance abuse treatment, providing clinical supervision in both English and Spanish. She also served as Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies, where she strengthened equitable admissions, student retention, and support systems for diverse learners. Her leadership advanced the University's Hispanic Serving Institution mission and helped create pathways for students from historically underrepresented communities to succeed in graduate education.
Outside of the university, Vanessa has maintained a long-standing commitment to community service and social responsibility. In Tucson, she volunteered as a Disaster Mental Health Volunteer with the American Red Cross, providing crisis intervention and psychological first aid to individuals and families impacted by local and national disasters, including deployment to Florida following Hurricane Ian. She also served on the Leadership Team for the Latinx Therapists Action Network, supporting a nationwide coalition of mental health professionals advocating for abolitionist, pro-immigrant, and culturally responsive practices.
Her transition to healthcare through OHSU's physician associate program reflects her belief that true community well-being requires integrating physical, mental, and social health. Across her work in counseling, education, and now medicine, Vanessa's throughline is clear: a commitment to advancing equity, accountability, and holistic care within the communities she calls home.